Coaching legend

Real Madrid's offense is very distinctive.

Zidane is a virtual left winger in Real Madrid's formation. After the game, he will return to the center. The left side is completely handed over to Carlos. When Zidane reaches the center, Guti will retreat and start to organize the attack.

The same is true for Figo.

Figo is a right winger, but not just a right winger. During the game, he not only plays on the right, but also comes to the center to help organize. Pires is really like Figo, both can play on both sides and organize in the center.

But the two do have different fates.

Figo was selected into the best team in many later selections. But Pires, not even a shadow can be found.

In addition, Raul will not only stay in the penalty area. Raul will also actively retreat to get the ball to help the midfield attack.

Zidane, the name of a man is like the shadow of a tree. Zidane went to the center to get the ball, making Makelele and Deco unable to move. After Real Madrid attacked, Deco didn't dare to move forward. He just stared at Zidane.

It was because Zidane was so famous.

It was so famous that Deco didn't dare to be careless. Although he had never played against Zidane, Zidane had too many halos on his head. Zidane was even hailed as the "new generation of football king" and the player who was most likely to become another football king after Pele and Maradona.

Facing such a player, how could Deco not care?

In fact, if George was the coach of Real Madrid, he would never arrange it like this. Especially the positions of Zidane and Guti.

Zidane is indeed very strong, but in terms of power near the penalty area, Guti is definitely not inferior to anyone. Guti's soul-stirring passes and imaginative shots are fatal to any team.

On the contrary, Zidane is a little behind and controls the game better. Of course, it doesn't mean that Zidane's power in the front is poor, but Zidane is slightly behind and Guti is more threatening in the front.

But it's impossible.

Because Zidane is a superstar, Guti is just a rotation player of Real Madrid.

Who dares to let Zidane retreat and help Guti? No one dares.

Deco was suppressed by Zidane and dared not move forward. This made Blackburn's offense fall into a complete slump, because Deco is the engine of Blackburn's offense.

George shook his head.

Zidane hasn't done anything yet, Deco is just like this.

However, the pressure on Blackburn's defense is really great. These offensive combinations of Real Madrid are absolutely rare.

As Deco was suppressed, Carlos on the left also came alive. Sometimes the offense and defense are like this. When suppressed by others, the offense will have problems. After the game started, Blackburn's offense was very fierce. It made Real Madrid's powerful offensive strength unable to play.

Now Real Madrid's offense is fierce and suppressed Blackburn's offense.

But don't think Zidane is the best offensive midfielder in the world. But Real Madrid's offense is not organized by Zidane, but more on the right. Following Figo's path, Figo not only went on the right, but also went to the middle to organize the attack.

The entire Real Madrid's offense relied more on Figo.

This was actually not surprising to George. Although Figo is a right winger, he is an offensive core.

Not only that, Figo's sideline breakthrough is also very distinctive. It may be explained by Bosque. He believes that the left back Riise is the worst link in Blackburn's defense. Indeed, Riise was really embarrassed when facing Figo.

Figo passed Riise and passed the ball. Of course, if he was in a good mood, he would cut inside and shoot from a distance. These are all tests for Van der Sar.

If the first fifteen minutes were dominated by Blackburn, then the last fifteen minutes were dominated by Real Madrid.

When the game reached the 33rd minute, Figo faced Riise on the right again.

Riise looked at Figo nervously. The 21-year-old Riise has always been very self-important. But today, facing Figo, he was like a puppet, letting Figo come and go. This made Riise grit his teeth and nervously watched Figo's movements.

Figo didn't care about Riise at all. In Figo's eyes, Riise was just a little kid.

So Figo suddenly cut inside, and Riise followed him. Because Figo's shot after cutting inside was definitely very threatening. There had been several long shots just now, all of which tested Van der Sar. But as soon as Riise moved, Figo broke through from Riise's right.

"Figo... Good, a very beautiful fake move to get past Riise, Riise has already lost his position. Figo broke through along the right and cut in."

After Figo left Riise behind, he broke through from Riise's original position. Of course, Riise lost his position, and Figo cut in from Riise's original position. This disrupted the entire Blackburn defense.

But Figo did not continue to rush inside, but gently passed back to the vicinity of the penalty area.

"... Figo, pass the ball... This is Raul!"

Yes, Raul, who had been retreating to help the attack in the middle, was standing there. Among the Blackburn central defenders, Ferdinand was looking at Morientes, and Campbell was just about to fill in for Riise. But seeing Figo's pass, Campbell immediately came over to defend Raul.

Raul saw the aggressive Campbell, stopped the ball with his left foot, and then lightly lifted it over Campbell. Campbell didn't brake, but Campbell reacted quickly. After being lifted by Raul, he quickly came back to defend Raul.

But when his body came back, Raul used his left foot to push the ball back. Two consecutive shakes made Campbell completely lose his position.

"Raul... Campbell completely shook it off... Raul, shoot!"

"Van der Sar, he didn't save it... 1-1, Raul equalized the score."

Seeing Raul's goal, the Spanish reporters were like crazy.

"Raul Gonzalez--s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Raul, the prince of the Bernabeu. No, the prince of Spain. His left foot is a golden left foot. He equalized the score for Real Madrid, a beautiful goal. This is the most exciting goal in the Champions League this season. Raul, it was so unfair for him not to win the Footballer of the Year last year."

The Spanish commentator did not forget to defend Raul at this time.

Although George's appearance last season made Owen lose the Footballer of the Year cap. But it was still not Raul who won the Footballer of the Year, but Kahn from Bayern. Raul lost to Kahn, who won the Champions League, by a narrow margin. This made many Spanish media feel sorry for him.

Real Madrid fans also shouted "Raul Gonzalez!".

Even those neutral fans applauded Raul's goal.

George looked at Raul celebrating the goal and shook his head. A few years later, many fans said that Raul was a striker who picked up a leak. These people obviously have never seen Raul play. Raul is not a striker who picked up a leak. He is definitely the best second striker in the world.

Raul is currently one of the best strikers in the world. At the age of 25, he has broken many records that can be broken.

Look at his series of actions in the penalty area just now. Even Campbell was easily shaken by him. What kind of technology is this? How can this kind of striker be a striker who picked up a leak?

Although he scored a goal, Raul did not celebrate wildly.

Instead, after celebrating with Figo, he immediately went in to get the ball back. Then he helped Blackburn put the ball near the midline and urged Blackburn players to serve quickly. This made George very dissatisfied.

Damn, it is obvious that he looks down on Blackburn.

Did Raul think that Blackburn would delay the game? What George was most dissatisfied with now was Deco's performance. As the controller of Blackburn's rhythm, Deco's performance was really bad. Was he really scared by Zidane?

Deco's poor performance affected the entire Blackburn attack.

George didn't think Deco had just that little bit of strength. Deco was one of George's most trusted midfielders. He was completely good at attacking and defending in the midfield, and he was becoming more and more mature. But so far in this game, Deco had disappointed George too much. George couldn't help but step forward and loudly rebuked Deco.

"Anderson, what are you doing? Are you still asleep? You can't even control the ball, what are you doing?"

In such a noisy stadium, George's voice could not be heard by Deco.

But George called his name, and Deco still heard it. As for the things that happened later, Deco couldn't hear them clearly. But George's exaggerated expression could still be seen. Deco knew that George was expressing his dissatisfaction with him.

Deco pouted.

Damn, why didn't he come up and try it himself? I have never been under such great pressure. The one in front is Zidane, and behind him is Guti. And Raul will also retreat to this position to help. The pressure in this position now is definitely not what outsiders can imagine.

If George knew that Deco thought so, he would definitely kick him twice.

Stupid, the ball is of course under great pressure on our side. If you pass the ball forward, all the pressure will be returned to the opponent, then your own pressure will not be reduced. You keep thinking about your own pressure now, so of course you can't pass the ball.

Fortunately, Deco heard George's reprimand and realized that he was too nervous just now.

Now Blackburn is passive, and I have to take a lot of responsibility.

So after the game resumed, Deco became much more active. In particular, he no longer huddled in the back, and would pass the ball forward when he had the chance. In this way, Real Madrid and Blackburn played back and forth very lively.

The offensive and defensive rhythm of both sides was also very fast.

"Klose, he received a cross from Duff... shot! Too high, what a pity."

"Morientes... headed the ball, and Van der Sar saved it."

"There are very few Champions League finals that have such a back-and-forth scene. In the Champions League finals in recent years, either the strength of the two teams is equal and the game is dull. Or the gap in strength between the two teams is huge, resulting in a one-sided game."

"But this game is very good to watch. One moment it's Blackburn, the next it's Real Madrid. The game is very open and very good to watch. It can be said to be the best Champions League final in recent seasons."